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charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *听* | 听* | *听
to listen to; to hear / to heed; to obey / a can (loanword from English "tin") / classifier for canned beverages / to let be; to allow (Taiwan pr. [ting4]) / (literary) to administer; to deal with (Taiwan pr. [ting4])
HSK 1
pleasant to hear
HSK 1
unpleasant to hear / coarse / vulgar / offensive / shameful
HSK 2
to ask about / to make some inquiries / to ask around
HSK 3
to listen to (a radio broadcast)
HSK 3
pleasant to listen to
HSK 7-9
to listen attentively
HSK 7-9
to answer the phone
HSK 7-9
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *听* | 听* | *听
smile (archaic)
audition / to give sb an audition / to check by listening
to listen (respectfully)
to make inquiries / to try to find out / to pry
to monitor; to listen in; to eavesdrop
to sit in on (proceedings) / to be present at a meeting as an observer / to audit (a class)
auditory hallucination
pleasant to hear (i.e. agreeable news) / to one's liking / music to one's ears / Taiwan pr. [zhong4 ting1]
to eavesdrop / to monitor (secretly)
to listen carefully
to eavesdrop / to tap (telephone conversations) / to intercept and investigate
to listen with respectful attention / (a polite request to sb to speak) / we are all ears
to obscure the facts (idiom); to mislead the public with prevarication and deliberate falsehoods
hard of hearing
(idiom) to speak in a pleasant and captivating manner
to shut one's eyes and stop one's ears / out of touch with reality / to bury one's head in the sand
nice to hear / worth listening to
to eavesdrop / to wiretap
to startle sb with scary tale
double hearing / diplacusis
Walkman (trademark) / portable stereo
selective listening (linguistics)
frightening words to scare people (idiom); alarmist talk / reds under the beds
to allow (sb to act arbitrarily) / to let sb have his head
to listen attentively
unwarranted talk the listener can take or leave (idiom); sth not to be taken too seriously
(idiom) refusing to listen to advice or remonstrance; incorrigible
(idiom) in order to set the record straight; to clarify matters for the public
to prick up one's ear and listen carefully
hard of hearing / hearing-impaired
to listen carefully (for tiny sounds)
to listen to the ideas of others with an open mind (idiom)
what people see and hear; public perception / audiovisual


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